Recommendation for Camcorder

[Napolean]

Guyz,

I am looking for a camcorder which has good video quality - still camera quality is not important for me.
Reviews which I read on net - very few of them endorse video quality on Sony camcorders - Probably Canon has taken over as market leader in camcorders from Sony?

Also,which storage media is best - DVD,flash or Hard Disk?

Problem with these camcorders is that market is totally refreshed with new products every month.

If anyone has done some recent research ,help me out.Not looking for overly expensive product.

[AmthaLal]

Originally Posted by Napolean

Guyz,

I am looking for a camcorder which has good video quality - still camera quality is not important for me.
Reviews which I read on net - very few of them endorse video quality on Sony camcorders - Probably Canon has taken over as market leader in camcorders from Sony?

Also,which storage media is best - DVD,flash or Hard Disk?

Problem with these camcorders is that market is totally refreshed with new products every month.

If anyone has done some recent research ,help me out.Not looking for overly expensive product.

Don't go for Hard Disk.

Whats the budget?

Ask YedaAnna for more details about specs.


BTW.....Check this latest one.

[echarcha]

Why camcorder.. Yeh le le... So you can make movies too


Just kidding... Sorry yaar.. not much knowledge of camcorders.


Also, why is Amtha saying no hard disk? Whats the problem?

[Napolean]

Originally Posted by AmthaLal

Don't go for Hard Disk.

Whats the budget?

Ask YedaAnna for more details about specs.


BTW.....Check this latest one.

Thanks Amtha.
My budget is $400(+/- a few bucks).

[Sane Less]

Originally Posted by Napolean

Thanks Amtha.
My budget is $400(+/- a few bucks).

There are tonnes of good cameras at that price. Try Steve's reviews and you will get a good feel for which one you want to buy. My personal choice would be a good hard-drive-based Canon camera.

Amthapal pai, would like to know why not buy a hard-drive based camera?

[AmthaLal]

Originally Posted by echarcha

Also, why is Amtha saying no hard disk? Whats the problem?

Originally Posted by Sane Less

There are tonnes of good cameras at that price. Try Steve's reviews and you will get a good feel for which one you want to buy. My personal choice would be a good hard-drive-based Canon camera.

Amthapal pai, would like to know why not buy a hard-drive based camera?

Shakeless.......Nappy is asking for CAMCORDER, not a "camera".


And,

You two are techies, Work with computers all the time. You should know how delicate hard drives are. I know, they make sturdier these days, but still.

[Sane Less]

Originally Posted by AmthaLal

Shakeless.......Nappy is asking for CAMCORDER, not a "camera".


And,

You two are techies, Work with computers all the time. You should know how delicate hard drives are. I know, they make sturdier these days, but still.

I had written camcorders... but the mods changed it to camera ....

Sorry, I was thinking camcorders but wrote down camera. But my own personal point is why buy a camcorder when you can make half as good movies with a camera. And of late, almost as good. I find it hard lugging a camcorder around (especially my old Sony jumbo-sized camcorder with built-in printer)... whereas my small point-&-shoot camera sits right in my pocket... and takes good small clips that are easily downloadable to my PC.

As for hard-drives... maybe one can go for a SD-card based camcorder/camera.

[Sane Less]

Here... check this link for pocket camcorders. Real small but HD shooting. Have fun...

http://gizmodo.com/5401862/ultimate-...+%28Gizmodo%29

[Napolean]

Originally Posted by Sane Less

Here... check this link for pocket camcorders. Real small but HD shooting. Have fun...

http://gizmodo.com/5401862/ultimate-...+%28Gizmodo%29

You had good experience with pocket camcorders?Unfortunately,I have not known anybody using these.
How is LCD and quality of the recording on TV/Laptop?

[Sane Less]

Originally Posted by Napolean

You had good experience with pocket camcorders?Unfortunately,I have not known anybody using these.
How is LCD and quality of the recording on TV/Laptop?

Never used them. I use my camera for movies and all and like what I get.

[Charchila]

I am not too current with latest models since I am not in the market for a camcorder. However, I was looking for video editing software reviews recently, and experts in the field seemed to suggest that Mini DV camcorders are still the way to go as opposed to Hard Drives or Flash Memory ones because DV yields a better video quality and raw output that can be edited by a wide variety of software (whereas HDD/Flash memory often compress the video before you can use/edit it).

[sprite]

Originally Posted by Charchila

I am not too current with latest models since I am not in the market for a camcorder. However, I was looking for video editing software reviews recently, and experts in the field seemed to suggest that Mini DV camcorders are still the way to go as opposed to Hard Drives or Flash Memory ones because DV yields a better video quality and raw output that can be edited by a wide variety of software (whereas HDD/Flash memory often compress the video before you can use/edit it).

totally agree.

[Ravi]

@Napolean: www.camcorderinfo.com is a good place to start (and possibly stick around).
@Charchila: You are focussing on the storage type (hard disk / dvd / MiniDV). Focus should be on which camcorder can capture the image best. Storing it is secondary.

For instance, when I was in market for one 4 years back, there were 25 diff models of varying storage types available. Each of them had only 1 CCD to capture the image though, except one Panasonic model which had 3 CCDs (one each for RGB).

These days the choice needs to be between SD and HD [Standard Definition Vs. High Definition], in addition to capture quality.

[Napolean]

Thanks guyz.
Ravi,that site is quite good.

I am leaning towards Canon FS200 after reading its reviews and taking a look at it at nearest Electronics stall.

[Ravi]

Originally Posted by Napolean

I am leaning towards Canon FS200

Note that it is a Standard Definition camcorder. While there is nothing wrong with it, an HD camcorder would always be better since we're all moving to HD now.